Rehabbing an Aggressive Australian Shepherd

I have been very busy, and am sorry for not writing for quite a while. Lots has happened, so let me give you a summary...In August, the three girls and I and my store went to the La Camas Valley STD up in Washington. Super beautiful area, and my first trial outside CA. The outrun for Open was 525 yards. Kate was up first. I gave her emphasis on the Come Bye word, to encourage her to go big. Well, that was a huge mistake!She went so big, she went out over the ridge and saw ProNovice over to …

Busy busy busy. That how the last month and a half have been. We did get to go to the LaCamas Valley sheepdog trial in Washington. The store got a great reception. The girls didn't run so well.Kate was sent on the left. Mistake. I sent her big, and she went too big. She caught site of the ProNovice field over the ridge, and I was not able to get her to back off from them. I think she wanted to bring both sets of sheep together. Her next run was just a repeat of the first. I tried to ma …

With the weather warming up quite well, I decided to work the girls on sheep in some heat today. We are going to the rather large Lacamas Valley STD up in Washington in a few weeks, and in two months, we have the Finals to trial at, both of which could be pretty hot during the afternoons.Like us humans, our dogs need to train in the worst of weather and in the best of it. Their bodies need time to adapt to the stresses that training has put on them. So today, I waited until it was 83 degrees …

We were fortunate to be able to get a private lesson with David Rogers this weekend. Since we missed the Jack Knox clinic due to a cancellation. I missed getting a third party observing Chris' working, and getting her evaluated. So off we went to our local "desert", the Carrisa Plains. This is the same area that my trainer Shelley Parker lives. David was staying at a local ranch, where he has stayed before, and giving all of us needy herders some helpful advice.Last Saturday, when my le …

I forgot to mentioned what Shelley told me that I had to do after winning the trial. She told me to attach the big blue ribbon onto Kate, and then needed to walk around the fair, showing her off. We had to go look at pictures that the photographer took, so we packed up everything and took the girls to look at pictures. Inside the barn, where the photographer's booth was set up, was a little demonstration of sorts, with a few cages and pens. Behind the photographer's booth was an armadill …